MARY ANN'S MEANDERINGS FYI JANUARY STATS
Thank you for your license to TeachingBooks. In order to keep you, the license coordinator, informed about how TeachingBooks is being used and to assist you in maximizing your use of this service, we send you the following monthly statistics and sharing information. Statistics for Cattaraugus-Allegany-Erie-Wyoming BOCES School Library System
48618 pages turned since the start of your license
801 pages turned in the past month
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309 sessions in the past month
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Dear Colleagues,
The third annual World Read Aloud Day will be here before we know it. This year's theme is "Change the World, Story by Story." I hope youconsider celebrating this special day on March 7, 2012. Shannon Miller and I wrote a blog post about how plan to celebrate this global literacy movement: http://mrschureads.blogspot.com/2012/01/celebrate-world-read-aloud-day-on-37.html
LitWorld created a resource page where you can download the World Read Aloud Day badge, flyers, worksheets, book recommendations, and more to help spark your World Read Aloud Day preparations. Activity Page: http://litworld.org/worldreadalouddayactivities/
Best regards,
JohnJohn Schumacher, M.Ed
MLIS Teacher-Librarian
Brook Forest Elementary School
Oak Brook, IL 60523
ORIGINS OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH
As our area libraries are preparing, or have prepared exhibits and programs, for Black History Month, I thought I would share the following from the Association for the Study of African American Life and History: This might be useful for some of our readers. Please read below aswell as see this link from ASALH: http://www.asalh.net/blackhistorymonthorigins.html
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MARY ANN'S MEANDERINGS
FYI
JANUARY STATS
Thank you for your license to TeachingBooks. In order to keep you, the license coordinator, informed about how TeachingBooks is being used and to assist you in maximizing your use of this service, we send you the following monthly statistics and sharing information.
Statistics for Cattaraugus-Allegany-Erie-Wyoming BOCES School Library System
Increasing Awareness & Use of Your TeachingBooks.net License
WORLD READ ALOUD DAY
MARCH 7, 2012
Dear Colleagues,
The third annual World Read Aloud Day will be here before we know it. This year's theme is "Change the World, Story by Story." I hope youconsider celebrating this special day on March 7, 2012. Shannon Miller and I wrote a blog post about how plan to celebrate this global literacy movement:
http://mrschureads.blogspot.com/2012/01/celebrate-world-read-aloud-day-on-37.html
LitWorld created a resource page where you can download the World Read Aloud Day badge, flyers, worksheets, book recommendations, and more to help spark your World Read Aloud Day preparations. Activity Page: http://litworld.org/worldreadalouddayactivities/
Best regards,
JohnJohn Schumacher, M.Ed
MLIS Teacher-Librarian
Brook Forest Elementary School
Oak Brook, IL 60523
ORIGINS OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH
As our area libraries are preparing, or have prepared exhibits and programs, for Black History Month, I thought I would share the following from the Association for the Study of African American Life and History: This might be useful for some of our readers. Please read below aswell as see this link from ASALH: http://www.asalh.net/blackhistorymonthorigins.html
Sorry for any duplication.
Lorna Peterson
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